Re: [PATH] NAND Flash support for Intel IXP4xx platform

Deepak Saxena
2007-05-02T17:03:34Z

On Apr 30 2007, at 11:36, Ruslan V. Sushko was caught saying:
> Thomas,
>
> I have tried to fit driver's functionality into common platform
> structures. Unfortunately the device hasn't NAND controller and some
> signals (ALE/CLE(pins on data bus) and CS(gpio)) are driven in custom
> way. Current platform structures have not enough fields to carry
> platform dependent data for this driver without hack (I guess use fields
> not used in driver but designed for other things is not good idea).
> Additionally due to device haven't NAND controller future version of
> board may change the way which is used to drive CS signal, So I move
> this functionality completely to hardware dependent part of driver (sent
> to LAKML)

Can't that extra functionality be stuffed into a structure that you
point to via the priv member of platform_nand_chip?

~Deepak

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